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What do you think? I like it, I think it's a nice update to our traditional blue collar identity. I know not everyone loved "Gold Swagger" in the playoffs last season though, and so far the reactions on FB aren't so positive.

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Re: Our 2012-2013 Pacers: Blue Collar - Gold Swagger

I like it. I wasn't a fan of 'gold swagger' when it launched, but I embraced it anyway in the spirit of the playoffs, and now I accept it as something that's here to stay for the time being. I like combining it with blue collar / blue & gold.

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Long live the Gold Swagger!

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Re: Our 2012-2013 Pacers: Blue Collar - Gold Swagger

I dunno.. it's ok... I guess it's better than fear the deer lmao .. It just feels too "forced" to me ... kinda like a country white boy who just moved to a predominately black school in the suburbs of Chicago trying to fit in by using the "hip" vernacular and trying to "style" with urban clothing fashion .. while in the process kinda looking retarded lol

Re: Our 2012-2013 Pacers: Blue Collar - Gold Swagger

I dunno.. it's ok... I guess it's better than fear the deer lmao .. It just feels too "forced" to me ... kinda like a country white boy who just moved to a predominately black school in the suburbs of Chicago trying to fit in by using the "hip" vernacular and trying to "style" with urban clothing fashion .. while in the process kinda looking retarded lol

I think the terms "blue-collar" and "swagger" are both fitting for this team and endearing to two key demographics: the old, Indiana Basketball purists, and the 13-20 somethings who need a reason for the Pacers to be cool again.

Re: Our 2012-2013 Pacers: Blue Collar - Gold Swagger

I think the terms "blue-collar" and "swagger" are both fitting for this team and endearing to two key demographics: the old, Indiana Basketball purists, and the 13-20 somethings who need a reason for the Pacers to be cool again.

Yep. Seems like a marketing win to me!

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Re: Our 2012-2013 Pacers: Blue Collar - Gold Swagger

I like it. I don't understand why people hate the swagger thing so much to be honest.

Cause the whole "swag" thing is kinda lame and played out. It's the equivalent of "The Indiana Pacers: Can't Touch This!" or "The Pacers: Bling Bling!" It feeds the notion that Indiana is five years behind the times in everything. Can't we just have a nice, straightforward motto and not try and piggyback on a dying trend popular among middle schoolers?

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I saw a guy at my gym today (in fort wayne) wearing one of the Gold Swagger shirts. Not to often that I see pacers gear around here(besides my closet and the Pacers hat I wear alot). It will be interesting to see, after last years succes if its any easier to find a pacers game at the area bars. I Know I will make sure the people at my gym know what channel FSNI is on Comcast in Fort wayne. In the past the local sports bars can rarely find the station.

Re: Our 2012-2013 Pacers: Blue Collar - Gold Swagger

I saw a guy at my gym today (in fort wayne) wearing one of the Gold Swagger shirts. Not to often that I see pacers gear around here(besides my closet and the Pacers hat I wear alot). It will be interesting to see, after last years succes if its any easier to find a pacers game at the area bars. I Know I will make sure the people at my gym know what channel FSNI is on Comcast in Fort wayne. In the past the local sports bars can rarely find the station.

Hey, at least you have Pacers on locally up there. When I lived in the Fort (not that long ago) there wasn't even radio coverage let alone TV coverage on cable.

As far as the "Gold Swagger" motto... I don't really care for it, but it doesn't bother me either. I guess I've totally missed the boat on the "swag"/"swagger" scene... So it feels like I just don't get it.

Re: Our 2012-2013 Pacers: Blue Collar - Gold Swagger

I didn't care for the "Gold Swagger" because I was one of the folks who thought we really hadn't quite earned it. But when it gets combined with the "Blue Collar" I really like it - it becomes more of a cause and effect thing, like "Do the Blue Collar work, get the Gold Swagger". The side ads that say "No Swagger without Sweat" add to this impression.

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Re: Our 2012-2013 Pacers: Blue Collar - Gold Swagger

Hey, at least you have Pacers on locally up there. When I lived in the Fort (not that long ago) there wasn't even radio coverage let alone TV coverage on cable.

As far as the "Gold Swagger" motto... I don't really care for it, but it doesn't bother me either. I guess I've totally missed the boat on the "swag"/"swagger" scene... So it feels like I just don't get it.

Thats why Jordan was my hero as a kid(WGN). 20sum years ago the Pacers were just the obscure team that my Uncle liked. I am a loyal Indiana sports fan and am certain I would have grown up a Pacers fan had they been on TV. I have always watched national Pacers games and the playoffs(8.9 seconds Reggies Prime) but didn't purchased league pass for the First time until 2 seasons before the cable deal. Went to my first game the year before the brawl, second game Prince blocked Reggie when he should have dunked(virtually everyone remembers this game). The point of this is simply that the cable television deal is freaking huge for the growth of the fan-base. Beyond the immediate benefits, There are a lot of Chicago fans around here who may have been Pacers fans if the team would have had a little bit of exposure when people were young. Every Bulls game has always been broadcasted here for as long as I can remember.

Also (to pat myself on the back) I finally lost enough weight to wear the (I caught this shirt) Boomer T-shirt I caught from the upper deck during that first game.

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Re: Our 2012-2013 Pacers: Blue Collar - Gold Swagger

Swagger seems to have negative connotation about it. Usually when someone has swagger, they're over-confident or arrogant...

I like Andrew Luck's way of looking at it --- Competence over confidence. That's a brilliant mindset, because it places importance on actually being good at something, rather than thinking you're good at something or projecting an image that makes people think you're better than you really are. One can be confident and still not competent. But if you're competent, that inherently builds confidence in yourself and in those around you that you know what you're doing. Competence breeds confidence.

When I hear "swagger", I just think some cocky dude walking around like a badass and not actually being that great at what he is pretending to be good at, lol...

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